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CURTAIN STRETCHER.

APPLlCATlON FILED FEB. 2, 1920.

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DANIEL R. LANDIS, OF CHICAGO, ILLENOIS.

CURTAIN STRETGHER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 17, 1922.

.Application filed February 2, 1920. Serial No. 355,685.

To aZZ whom it may concern Be it known that I, DANIEL LANUIS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented ertain new and useful Improvements in Curtain Stretc-hers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in curtain stretch rs, and'has for its object the provision of a curtain stretcher simple in structure, economical in manufacture, and highly etlicient in use.

Another object is the provision of a curtain stretcher which may be quickly and thoroughly cleaned and washed.

Another object is the provision in a curtain stretcher of means for preventing the warping of the same after washing.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, and in which,

Fig. 1, is a side elevational view of the invention, and

Fig. 2, is a sectional view of one of the bars used in the invention.

My invention comprises acurtain stretcher having longitudinally extending bars or rails 5 and 6 and cross bars 7 and 8 connecting the longitudinally extending members and securely clamped thereto in adjusted positions by means of adjusting clamps 14:. The longitudinal rails and cross bars are provided along their inner edge with projecting pins or nails 9, upon which the curtain is impinged when the same is being dried afte washing.

With curtain ,stretchers as now used, the fibrous surface of the wooden curtain stretchers affords a gathering place for soap, starch and dirt. It is practically impossible to remove all of this accumulation from the curtain stretcher and the cleaning of the curtain stretcher is rendered more diliicult by the pins which project through the frame. The wood forming the curtain stretcher proper also absorbs the die used upon the curtain, with the result that when a clean white curtain is placed on the stretcher, the coloring matter which has been absorbed by the wood and the soap, dirtand starch which are clinging to the same are transferret to the curtain upon its coming in contac therewith, thereby staining and soiling it. Also when the curtain stretcher is formed froni'wood the same requires considerable time for drying after washing, which is an undesirable feature in a curtain stretcher. To obviate these difficulties, I provide a covering 8' which is formed from some metallic substance,.preferably' aluminum or tin and secured around the wooden portion of the curtain stretcher. In assembling the covering 8' upon the members 7 and 8 and 5 and 6, I turn one of the ends 10 inwardly into a recess or groove 12 formed in the rail or bar, as shown in Fig. 2,: and fold the covering over said bar to the corner 15. Pins 9 are then driven through the wooden portion and through the covering 8. 8 is then wrapped completely around the rail or bar and its opposite end 'isthen inwardly turned so as to seat in the groove 12. The covering 8, therefore, engages the heads of the pins or nails 9 and serves as a backing for them so as to prevent the .e from becoming loose or being moved outwardly relatively to the bar or rail. With curtain stretchers as now in use, this is a common fault, inasmuch as the pins or nails become loosened in the bar or rail'througli use. Elongated pieces of metal 11 are used for retaining the ends of the member 8 within the roove 12 and consist of metallic strips which are driven into the groove so as to wedge the ends of the member 8 into close engagement with the groove 12.

llith curtain stretcher having side rails and cross members covered with this metallic coating, the curtain stretcher is revented from warping, inasmuch as no water or liquid of any l-zind reachesthe wooden portion. Also the metallic covering presents a surface which is quickly and easily washed and to which the starch will not readily adhere and into which the die used upon the curtains will not penetrate.

lVhile I have illustrated and described the preferred form of construction for carrying my invention into elfect, this is capable of variation and modification without departing from the spirit of the invention. I, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precise details of the construction set forth, but desire to avail myself of such variations and modifications as come within the scope of the appended claims.

he member covering edges; and metallic means for covering said rails and cross bars, the curtain-engaging end of said )ins projecting through one portion of sail: covering and the opposite end of saidpins bearing against another portion of said covering, substantially as. described.

3. A curtain stretcher having rails and cross bars, each being provided with longitudinally extending grooves in one side; metallic means for covering said bars and side rails, the ends of said covering being turned inwardly to engage in said grooves; and

metal strips for locking said ends of said in said grooves, substantially as described.

4. A curtain stretcher comprising side rails and cross bars, each having a longitin dinall extending groove formed in one side thereof; p ns pro ecting through said rails and said bars ad acent one edge thereof;

' means for covering said rails and said bars with a metallic coating, the curtain-engaging end of said pins projecting through said covering; and an angularly turned portion at the opposite ends of said covering adapted for engagement in said groove, substantially as described.

'means forcovering said rails and said bars with a metallic coating, the curtain engaging end of said pins projecting through said covering; an angularly turned portion at the opposite ends of said covering adapted for engagement in said groove; and wedge strips for locking said angularly turned portion in position in said groove, substantially as described.

6. A curtain stretcher having side rails and cross bars; metallic means for covering said rails and cross bars; and pins projecting through said rails and bars, one end of said pins projecting through said covering and the opposite end bearing against the inside of said covering, which serves to retain said pins in their assembled position in said rails or bars, substantially as described.

7. Acurtain stretcher having side rails and cross-bars;.metallic means surrounding said rails and cross-bars; pins projecting through said rails and bars and through the metallic means at one side thereof, the said pins having heads which bear on the opposite side of said rails and bars and on the inside of said metallic means; and inturned edges on the'metallic means which are fastened in the side of the rail or bar opposite to said. pins, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

DANIEL R. LANDIS. V \Vitnesses:

JOSHUA R. H. Poa'rs, Rosa K. TRIB. 

